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搏 U+640F, 搏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-640F ← 搎 [U+640E] CJK Unified Ideographs 搐 → [U+6410]

Translingual

Han character

搏 (radical 64 手+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 手戈月戈 (QIBI), four-corner 5304₂, composition ⿰扌尃)

1. seize
2. spring upon
3. strike

References

• KangXi: page 446, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12466
• Dae Jaweon: page 796, character 34
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1930, character 1
• Unihan data for U+640F

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		搏

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (甫) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
豧	*pʰoːs, *pʰa, *pʰas
縛	*baːɡs, *baɡ
逋	*paː
餔	*paː, *baːs
晡	*paː
庯	*paː
陠	*paː, *pʰaː
鵏	*paː, *baːs
峬	*paː
誧	*paː, *pʰaː, *pʰaːʔ, *pʰaːs
秿	*paː, *pʰa, *baʔ
鯆	*paː, *pʰaː, *paʔ
補	*paːʔ
圃	*paːʔ, *paːs
鋪	*pʰaː, *pʰaːs, *pʰa
痡	*pʰaː, *pʰa
浦	*pʰaːʔ
烳	*pʰaːʔ
溥	*pʰaːʔ, *paːɡ
悑	*pʰaːs
酺	*baː
匍	*baː
蜅	*baː, *paʔ
脯	*baː, *paʔ
葡	*baː
蒱	*baː
蒲	*baː
簿	*baːʔ, *baːɡ
捕	*baːs
哺	*baːs
簠	*pa, *paʔ, *pʰas
甫	*paʔ
黼	*paʔ
莆	*paʔ
俌	*paʔ, *pʰaʔ
郙	*paʔ, *pʰa
傅	*paɡs
搏	*paɡs, *paːɡ, *pʰaːɡ
麱	*pʰa
尃	*pʰa
榑	*ba
輔	*baʔ
鬴	*baʔ
賻	*baɡs
博	*paːɡ
髆	*paːɡ
鎛	*paːɡ
猼	*paːɡ
餺	*paːɡ
簙	*paːɡ
鑮	*paːɡ, *baːɡ
欂	*paːɡ, *baɡ, *breːɡ
蒪	*pʰaːɡ
膊	*pʰaːɡ
薄	*baːɡ
礡	*baːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *paɡs, *paːɡ, *pʰaːɡ): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 尃 (OC *pʰa).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bó (bo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bok³
• Min Nan (POJ): phok / pok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bó
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ
    • Wade-Giles: po²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bor
    • IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bok³
    • Yale: bok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bog³
    • IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phok
    • Tâi-lô: phok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phog
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pok
    • Tâi-lô: pok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /pɨo^H/, /pʰwɑk̚/, /pwɑk̚/▼

Rime
Character	搏	搏	搏
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	滂 (2)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	鐸 (104)	鐸 (104)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	I	I
Fanqie	方遇切	匹各切	補各切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨoH/	/pʰwɑk̚/	/pwɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pioH/	/pʰʷɑk̚/	/pʷɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pioH/	/pʰuɑk̚/	/puɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puə̆H/	/pʰwak̚/	/pwak̚/
Li Rong	/pioH/	/pʰuɑk̚/	/puɑk̚/
Wang Li	/pĭuH/	/pʰuɑk̚/	/puɑk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯uH/	/pʰwɑk̚/	/pwɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fù	po	bo

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*pˤak/, /*p(r)ak-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*paɡs/, /*paːɡ/, /*pʰaːɡ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	搏	搏
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bó	bó
Middle Chinese	‹ pak ›	‹ pjuH ›
Old Chinese	/*pˤak/	/*p(r)ak-s/
English	strike	strike
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	搏	搏	搏
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	3458	3475	3486
Phonetic component	甫	甫	甫
Rime group	暮	鐸	鐸
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	付	博	𩔈
Old Chinese	/*paɡs/	/*paːɡ/	/*pʰaːɡ/

Definitions

搏

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Compounds

• 弄鬼搏沙
• 徒搏
• 心搏 (xīnbó)
• 搏動／搏动 (bódòng)
• 搏命
• 搏影
• 搏戰／搏战
• 搏手
• 搏手無策／搏手无策

• 搏拊 (bófǔ)
• 搏擊／搏击 (bójī)
• 搏杖
• 搏殺／搏杀
• 搏煉／搏炼
• 搏砂煉汞／搏砂炼汞
• 搏膺
• 搏風／搏风
• 搏香弄粉

• 搏髀
• 搏鬥／搏斗 (bódòu)
• 放手一搏
• 獅子搏兔／狮子搏兔
• 相搏
• 肉搏 (ròubó)
• 肉搏戰／肉搏战
• 脈搏／脉搏 (màibó)
• 螳螂搏蟬／螳螂搏蝉

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Japanese

Kanji

搏

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. seize
2. spring upon
3. strike

Readings

• On (unclassified): はく (haku)
• Kun: うつ (utsu), とる (toru)

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Korean

Hanja

搏 • (bak) (hangeul 박, revised bak, McCune-Reischauer pak, Yale pak)

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Vietnamese

Han character

搏 (vác, bác)

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